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Chapter 452 Moths to the flame
"What, you said the food road behind us was cut off?"

Hearing the report from his subordinates, Emperor Hongshi's complexion suddenly became very bad, and his already haggard face felt a little unbearable.

These days, as the leader of the coalition forces, he has been under tremendous pressure.

As the king of the Ans Empire, Emperor Hongshi has absolute authority, but this is based on his victories in all battles.If he has some setbacks, it may arouse the suspicion and suspicion of his subordinates.

The move to go to Mundra this time is not completely unified in the entire army.Many officers felt that this operation was too risky.

Going deep alone will cause the supply line to be too long, resulting in insufficient food supply.

When the army began to enter Mundra, it was relatively smooth, with sufficient food and looting to supplement it.But as time went on, the area controlled by the Ans coalition forces was almost empty, and there was no more food for these Ans people to rob.

Wherever they went, there was nothing left but a piece of scorched earth.

The ordinary Mundra people whose survival was threatened also took up arms and resisted desperately.They knew that under the hands of the Anse people, if they did not resist, they would die, and there might be a way out for resisting.

In this way, the situation gradually developed towards the situation that Emperor Hongshi was least willing to appear.

Originally thinking about a quick battle, he spent too much time and energy in the Mundella Imperial Capital.For three full months, the coalition forces never moved forward.

Seeing this scene, the Carlos did not work hard, and gradually disobeyed orders.

"Damn it, how could they last for so long?" The Redstone Emperor walked out of the big tent, looking at the city wall of the Mundella Imperial Capital standing in the dark night in front of him, showing a look of resentment.

He didn't expect that this city wall, which didn't look particularly tall and strong, actually devoured the lives of nearly a hundred thousand of his elite soldiers and made his iron cavalry stand still.

Originally, he thought that Mundra people were mostly cowards, without any backbone or courage to fight.Besieged by his great army, it will soon yield.

However, to his surprise, these Mundra people persisted for a full three months, guarding the entire city like a rock, and repelling dozens of coalition attacks.

On several occasions, Emperor Hongshi even rushed to the front, and the imperial driver went on his own expedition, but he still returned in defeat.

Those weak Mundra people had an unexpected toughness, and they used their steel-like will to repel their attacks.

The Redstone Emperor has already found out through his spies that the number of regular defenders in this city is simply less than [-], and their combat effectiveness is not strong.And their leader is a woman who has just ascended the throne.

How could they stop his stormy attacks?
"How is this possible? Am I not as good as a woman!"

Emperor Hongshi was very unwilling. He didn't believe that he, a wise king with great talents, was not as good as a young girl who had just ascended the throne.

The Redstone Emperor originally wanted to occupy Mundra first, then defeat Carlo, complete his great cause of unifying the mainland, and achieve his own hegemony.

But now it seems that this hegemony is almost difficult to complete.

In addition, Emperor Hongshi's control over the army is also further weakening.Now his authority is constantly being challenged.

The person who challenged him was his son Meng Khan.

Many people think that he is really too old to continue fighting, and has become fatuous and incompetent.They want to put Meng Khan on the throne so that they can achieve success.

However, Emperor Hongshi's majesty is still there. They are just making some small moves in private, and they dare not make this suggestion openly, for fear of being implicated.

The morale of the army was not stable, and the material transportation was not smooth, and the Red Stone Emperor gradually began to retreat.

"This is really tasteless, it's tasteless to eat, and it's a pity to throw it away..." At this time, Emperor Hongshi was very annoyed when he thought of this word.

He didn't want to continue to waste like this, but he couldn't accept the reality of his failure, so he yelled at his subordinates: "Hurry up and show me the detailed information!"

The soldier who delivered the letter was a little slower, and saw a whip shadow directly towards his head.Following a burst of violent pumping, the unlucky soldier was beaten and bruised all over.

The screams did not attract the attention or crowd of other people, because they were already used to all this.These days, the hot-tempered Emperor Hongshi has whipped his soldiers many times to vent his anger.

Probably because of his age, after playing for a while, Emperor Hongshi finally felt a little tired. At this time, the unlucky guy on the ground had only breathed out, not breathed in.

"Come on, throw this disturbing soldier out to feed the wild dogs!"

With that said, Emperor Hongshi shouted to the outside.Hearing his words, several guards hurried in and carried the unlucky guy out.

Although he beat a soldier, Emperor Hongshi was still very upset.At this moment, he took a breath, smelling the bloody smell left by the soldier in the tent, and felt even more upset.

"To go or to stay?"

Emperor Hongshi still couldn't make a decision in his heart.

At this time, a person broke into his big tent.Emperor Hongshi, who was originally in a bad mood, became angry when he saw someone barging into his big tent without saying hello, but when he saw the person coming, he put away the anger in his heart and turned to He said with a kind face: "Why did you come here in such a hurry, what happened, my child?"

Meng Khan said anxiously at this time: "Father, I just received the news that our rear has been captured, Sadam has fallen, and the queen mother, younger brothers and sisters have all fallen into the hands of the enemy."

"what?"

Hearing this news, Emperor Hongshi almost couldn't catch his breath. He felt his eyes darken, and his face suddenly became serious: "Where did you hear this news?"

Meng Khan said: "Right now, the entire Mundra Imperial City wall is shouting about this news..."

"What, the Mundra people said that?" Hearing Menghan's words, the Redstone Emperor's expression slowed down a little: "Maybe they are just trying to disturb the morale of the army, and there is nothing to worry about."

Although Emperor Hongshi was very worried in his heart, he appeared very calm on the surface.

"This news should not come out of nowhere. I haven't heard from the king's capital Sadam for a long time." Meng Khan said with a worried look on his face.

"No, certainly not."

Although Emperor Hongshi felt that this matter was likely to be true, but on his face, he showed a very calm expression, saying: "This is just a rumor that disturbs the morale of the army!"

"Father, in case..."

Hearing Meng Khan's words, Emperor Hongshi waved his hands and said, "There is no chance. Today, we can't advance, and we can't retreat. The only thing we can do is to fight to the end."

In Emperor Hongshi's eyes, there was a sense of despair and helplessness.

He knew that the current him could not admit that the news that the rear was lost was true.Otherwise, the morale of the entire coalition army will collapse at once.

At that time, everything will not end.

"If I die, you can clean up the mess again!" The Red Stone Emperor glanced at his eldest son, revealing a sigh.

Although, he doesn't like this eldest son very much, he doesn't like his indecision, his various bad styles, and he doesn't like his behavior of forming cliques in private.

But at the last moment, Emperor Hongshi understood that the affairs of his death had to be handled by this son.

"The battle report from Sadam is here, Your Majesty..." At this time, another messenger came to Emperor Hongshi's tent and said respectfully to him.

"come in!"

After the transmission, the courier took out the letter that he kept close to him, and saw that it was covered with blood. It seemed that he had gone through countless hardships and obstacles before he came here.

"Sadamu fell, the palace was captured, all the queens, princesses and princes were captured, please return to the country as soon as possible for reinforcements..."

This short sentence made Meng Khan and Emperor Hongshi, who were still holding a trace of luck, fall into the abyss of despair.They understand that the worst has happened.

"Okay, you've done a good job, thank you for your hard work." After reading the letter, Emperor Hongshi patted the messenger lightly.I saw that the messenger who thought he would be praised was directly slapped to death by Emperor Hongshi.

"Father, what are you?"

Seeing that Emperor Hongshi had killed another person in an instant, Meng Khan was taken aback and asked a little puzzled.

The Red Stone Emperor crushed the note in his hand, and said to Meng Khan: "Remember, this is a battle report about Sadam's great victory. Our army defeated thousands of enemies and solved the harassment problem in the rear... "

"Yes, I understand!"

Hearing what Emperor Hongshi said, Meng Khan nodded.Although he was relatively stupid, he still understood the meaning of Emperor Hongshi at this time.

In front of them, they can only use fake battle reports to stabilize the morale of the army.

Emperor Hongshi said: "I know what you did in private, and I know that you are eager to ascend to the throne. In fact, I didn't always want to occupy this throne, but your experience is too young. I will hand over the country to you , you can’t grasp it at all. However, now that things have come to an end, you have to take on this burden.”

Hearing Emperor Hongshi's words, Meng Khan's body trembled and he was startled, and then he relaxed a little.

These days, what he planned with those people under his command was thought to be very secretive, but he didn't expect that Emperor Hongshi would know it clearly.

"Father, you are..."

Hearing what Emperor Hongshi said, Meng Khan asked a little puzzled, not knowing what the Emperor Hongshi meant by handing over the burden.

The Redstone Emperor said: "Anse has reached the most dangerous moment. I, the Redstone Emperor, will probably be engraved on Anse's pillar of shame forever. Now, all I can do is pass on the throne to you, Put the responsibility for the failure on me. In this way, the majesty of the royal family of Ans will not be damaged..."

"Pass to me the throne?"

Although Meng Khan has been looking forward to this day, but when this day actually comes, his mind goes blank for a while, and he can't turn the corner.

Emperor Hongshi said: "Now, I will hand over the 2 troops of the headquarters to you as the commander. After a while, I will ask the whole army to attack the capital of Mundra. And you will bring these people back to Anse and reoccupy the capital." Sadam."

"What about you?"

Hearing Emperor Hongshi's plan, Meng Khan asked him.

The Redstone Emperor smiled and said, "I will help you keep all these people in Mundra, under this city. Since I can't lead them to victory, then let me lead them to death!"

As he said that, he had a serious smile on his face, which made Meng Khan's heart tremble.Only now did he know how extraordinary and powerful Emperor Hongshi was.

Originally, he thought his father was old and foolish, but now it seems that Emperor Hongshi is not only as sharp as before, but also has a deep scheming mind.

Being able to manage Ansi for decades is indeed not a simple role.

"Yes, Father!"

Meng Khan knew that the road arranged by Emperor Hongshi was almost the best road in front of him.It seems that at the last moment, he still worried about family affection.

"Okay, you go out!"

Emperor Hongshi handed the keepsake ring and jade seal to Meng Khan, saying: "This is the keepsake and the seal of the kingdom mobilized by the kingdom's guards, take it away!"

When Meng Khan walked out of the tent, Emperor Hongshi shouted to the guards: "Notify all generals, come to my big tent for a meeting within three quarters of an hour, if you are one minute late, you will be dealt with by military law..."

"Yes!"

Hearing Emperor Hongshi's words, his soldiers immediately took action.Afterwards, the melodious sound of bugles came, and the generals gathered in the military tent of Emperor Hongshi.

At this time, Emperor Hongshi had a happy expression on his face, not at all depressed like before.

"Everyone, guess what letter I got?"

Seeing that everyone was looking at him with doubts, Emperor Hongshi smiled, feeling that he had sold enough and said: "I just received a letter from the Queen Mother. She told me that she helped me clear the rear area. Three thousand remnants defeated some small thieves who entered the Ansi Grassland. She asked how the result of the battle was, was it better than her? She is still asking me, when will I win and return to court?"

"Good news?"

Seeing the beaming look on Emperor Hongshi's face, the worried expressions of many officers disappeared at once.The barracks were originally full of rumors, which made people panic.

Hearing the news that Emperor Hongshi personally refuted the rumors, their military spirits stabilized a lot.

"Long live Your Majesty, long live the Queen Mother, Your Majesty's mother is really extraordinary!" Hearing what Emperor Hongshi said, some of the flatterers started to move immediately.

All of a sudden, there was a lot of flattery in Emperor Hongshi's tent.

"Okay, you don't have to flatter me. It's not my ability to defeat the bandits, but my mother's ability. And we have been trapped in this small imperial capital for several months. Go down, my son will no longer have the face to see her mother."

Saying that, Emperor Hongshi looked ashamed.

Emperor Hongshi lost his father since he was a child, and was raised by his mother Sahra.The Queen Sahra is very capable, not only teaching her children well, but also managing the Ans Empire in an orderly manner.

In Anse, it has a very high reputation and status.

However, this year she is fully eighty years old, and she is no longer able to be a director.Otherwise, it would take a lot of energy for Habra and the others to easily enter Sadam Palace.

"Your Majesty, it's because the enemy is too cunning, not because we don't try our best!"

"The enemy is too tolerant. We have been fighting for several months, and they can continue to carry on. It's amazing!"

"We will definitely be able to conquer the capital of Mundra, Your Majesty, they will soon be unable to support it."

Hearing Emperor Hongshi's chanting, fighting, etc., these generals forgot their original worries and turned all their attention to the capital of Mundra.

The original news about the fall of the Sadam Palace has been left behind by them.

Seeing this scene, Emperor Hongshi breathed a sigh of relief.He knew that his words had made these people no longer pay attention to those facts.

"It's been three months, and we've spent three full months, but we haven't been able to win. Tell me, when will we be able to take down the capital of Mundra and return to the dynasty? I think, if this continues, our mother-in-law You don’t know us anymore. At that time, it’s hard to say whether they will let you into their bed.”

As the Redstone Emperor made a vulgar joke, there was a roar of laughter from the military tent.

"Your Majesty, what do you want to do?"

Under the guidance of Emperor Hongshi, the competitive and fighting emotions in the hearts of these simple-minded generals were directly aroused by him.

Emperor Hongshi said: "In my opinion, let's launch a general attack, dispatch all of them, and fight again. This time, I will lead the expedition myself, and I will not stop until this city is captured! After this city is captured, I will allow you to plunder three God, have fun, tell me, how is this?"

"Great!"

Hearing Emperor Hongshi's words, these generals all applauded loudly.

"Okay, gather your respective troops and prepare to launch a general attack. This time, I will stand at the front and see if there are any cowards among my people!"

"No, certainly not!"

Hearing what Emperor Hongshi said, these generals hurried back to gather their troops.At this time, they were so excited that they didn't want to fall behind others and be laughed at.

All of a sudden, the entire camp of the coalition forces was swept away from the previous decline, and instead became much more excited.The murderous aura and fighting atmosphere once again filled the barracks.

Seeing this scene, Emperor Hongshi showed a sneering expression at the corner of his mouth.

Looking at those happy soldiers, Emperor Hongshi felt very heavy.At this moment, he understood that this was his last attack, and he was destined to never return.

Having lost his retreat, he could only fight desperately.

"God bless my redstone!"

Looking at the neat formation of soldiers and horses behind him, Emperor Hongshi raised his whip, pointed at the Mundra Imperial Capital in front of him and said, "Go forward, Ansi!"

Soldiers rushed forward like a tide.

(End of this chapter)